Vandals destroy LEGO Jackson display

Culprits broke into storage unit, police say

Vandals have destroyed a LEGO display of the city of Jackson, police said.

"They left it in the rain. It's wet. They left it in the dirt and rain. How could they?" said the display's creator, Scott Crawford.

Police said the culprits broke into Uncle Bob's Storage on Interstate 55 North and destroyed Crawford's display.

"I don't understand how they could do this. This was a gift to the people of Jackson. It wasn't about me. It wasn't for me. It was for everybody else," Crawford said. "I spent a couple of months on that. I made it to look like the City Hall I would have loved to have as a kid, you know? And they smashed it."

Crawford said the owner of the storage facility discovered Tuesday that someone had broken into several of the storage units. His mother and sister were able to recover pieces of the display, which are now held in plastic storage containers.

Crawford said it took him three years to build LEGO Jackson. He said he picked up the project to keep his mind off his multiple sclerosis.

"I just wanted everyone to enjoy it," Crawford said.

LEGO Jackson was on display last December at the Arts Center of Mississippi. It was being stored at Uncle Bob's while Crawford worked on his current LEGO project, a model of Bailey Magnet School, which will go on display in December at the Arts Center. Crawford had originally planned to add the Bailey model to the LEGO Jackson display.

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